Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian երդ (erd).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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երդ (erd)

  1. dormer window, skylight, a window on the roof through which light passes in and fire-smoke passes out
    Synonym: երդիկ (erdik)
  2. (figuratively) roof, house, family, household

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Unknown.[1][2] Perhaps a Georgian-Zan borrowing: compare Georgian ურდ-უმ-ი (urd-um-i, cowshed dung-hatch), Svan ჰურდ-უმ (hurd-um, chimney) for which Fährnich reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *urd-, unaware of the Armenian.[3] For other roof terminology borrowed from Kartvelian compare ձեղուն (jełun), ցխինք (cʻxinkʻ).

Noun

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երդ (erd)

  1. dormer window, skylight, a window on the roof through which light passes in and fire-smoke passes out
  2. (figuratively) roof, house, family

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “երդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 44ab
  2. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 951
  3. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2017) “Ergänzungen zum kartwelischen Wortschatz”, in Georgica (in German), volume 38 (2017), Aachen: Shaker Verlag, page 12 of 9–14

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 68